Originally posted by Jackal1
Practice this line Beet........." I don`t do my own OIL CHANGES."
(be sure to put emphasis on last two words) 
Dunno Jack - I've done ~12000 miles in my car, and still it says "service in 5500 miles". That will make a 17500 mile interval from new. I'll take it in at that time, and they'll service it. Servicing also means oil change. We're not into "jiffy-lube" here - sounds so proletarian, in a sort of white-van-man sense!
As for the ~18000 mile service interval, dunno about that either. Funnily enough, the car's makers suggest that interval - but what do they know. They just designed and created the car. In your book, they "know nothing" about the car!
